NELSON Mandela, whose birth centenary the world marked this Wednesday, July 18, was a mortal. However, in a fractious world governed by class, racial, religious, regional, gender and numeorus other cleavages, it is almost impossible to find a person who is generally accepted by all as a hero and legend. This is the basis of    Mandela’s legacy.

SENATOR Bode Olajumoke said, yesterday, that the country was not matured for the establishment of a state police.

House of Representatives, yesterday resolved to investigate the loss of over $50 billion (N8 trillion) in gold revenue tax from 2013 to 2018.

A former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has said developing strategies to address climate change and its induced conflicts is a roadmap to achieving Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

The Kogi State Police Command has denied reports by Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi west district at the National Assembly, Thursday, that unknown gunmen in uniform (police,SARS and military) fired gun shot at the vehicle in Kogi State just as its asked the Senator to report with the people in his convoy to the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Lokoja.

The  leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to pull out of the 2019 general elections if the electoral umpire and security agencies fail to demonstrate sufficient level of impartiality expected from them by Nigerians and the rest of the world.

STUDENTS of Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, who were rusticated in connection with a protest over the death of a female student in May, have apologised to the management   of the institution, saying that the protest was hijacked.

The Orodje of Okpe Kingdom,  HRM Orhue I, has charged Catholic Bishops in Nigeria and their members not to shy away from taking part in elections, urging them to participate fully in the 2019 general election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed August 11 for Bauchi South senatorial by-election.

All is now set for this year’s edition of the annual Nigerian Auto Journalists Association’s (NAJA) capacity building programme with Nissan Motors South Africa, with local presence as the lead sponsor. The event takes place at the Golden Tulip Hotel & Events Centre, along airport road, Ikeja Lagos on July 26, 2018.

THE Senate, yesterday, witnessed a rowdy session, following complaints of alleged lopsided appointments into federal boards and parastatals by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Opera News, an online news platform has celebrated the end of Russia 2018 World Cup by giving away the second out of three brand new cars to a twenty-five year old self-employed user in Lagos.

National Youth Wing of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and gas has urged the Federal Government to engage the over 10,000 youths trained as cadets on pipeline surveillance job in the Niger Delta.

My esteemed friend and mentor,  Dr Tunji Olaopa, one of Nigeria’s most brilliant public intellectuals, has just been appointed to the distinguished rank of professor of public administration at Lead City University (LCU), Ibadan. This elevation, which comes three years after the end of his illustrious career in the Nigerian civil service, spanning nearly three decades, will see Dr Olaopa returning to the classroom, not as a student, but in a professorial capacity in which he is expected to stimulate critical thinking while also imparting his innovative ideas in public governance scholarship to his students.

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi—One person was,  yesterday, killed and over 10 persons injured when gunmen numbering over 20 invaded New City Atoji Housing Estate, Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, and attacked security men attached to the estate and some residents. According to an eyewitness, the gunmen invaded the estate at about 1.30p.m. […]